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INDEX file
Currently a list of ports is kept in ${INDEXDIR}/${INDEXFILE}.
This format has been set in stone due to certain tools that try to parse it for information, and until a complete list of these tools is found we can't do much about sanitising the format.
Tools that read INDEX
- portsnap
- make search
- pkg_version – though
/* Look backwards for the last two dirs = origin */makes it look like it's been broken for a while anyway…
Tools that rely on the output from make describe
- ?
Tools that generate INDEX
- ports-mgmt/p5-FreeBSD-Portindex